Palace v Derby County

Selhurst Park, Tuesday 8.00pm

Routledge - Looking to impress once again

Team news

Barring any last minute injuries, Trevor Francis is likely to stick with the starting eleven which beat Wolves 4-2 on Saturday to lift Palace to 14th in the table.

To do this Francis has had to gain permission from the FA for young starlet Wayne Routledge to missout on an Under-19 match against Hungary. Following impressive performances against both Plymouth and Wolves Routledge should start on the right wing leaving Tommy Black once again sitting on the bench.

There are still a number of first team players recovering from injury. Shaun Derry has had to have an operation as has Matt Clarke following recent injuries. This means that both Stevie Thomson and Alex Kolinko will have a few more matches to prove themselves in the first team.

Derby County were relegated last season and have not started the new campaign in the best of ways, currently lying in 15th place. Not only do Derby have the same amount of points as Palace, the Rams probably have about the same number of injuries too.

Former Newcastle midfielder Rob Lee could miss out on the trip south after picking up an Achilles injury during the 3-1 defeat to Leicester. Giorgi Kinkladze was said to be suffering from cramp when he left the field on Saturday however the Georgian should be back in action by Tuesday night.

However one important absentee will be Italian striker Fabrizio Ravanelli who is suffering from an Achilles problem which has forced him to miss the past six matches. This should see Christie and Morris leading the attack for derby.

Derby County - league stats

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Derby County - current form

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Our home record v Derby County

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
18/04/1998	League	Crystal Palace	3 - 1	Derby County
20/12/1997	League	Derby County	0 - 0	Crystal Palace
28/04/1996	League	Derby County	2 - 1	Crystal Palace
25/11/1995	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 0	Derby County
05/02/1994	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 1	Derby County

All time results

One to watch

Malcolm Christie

The Peterborough born forward has already scored 4 goals this season.

A quietly confident character, he has rapidly become the focal point of the Derby attack with his pace and industry.

The Palace defence will have to watch out for him on Tuesday.

Probable line-up

	Johnson	Freedman
Butterfield	Thomson	Mullins	Routledge
Granville	Popovic	Powell	Fleming
Kolinko

Last meeting

Crystal Palace 3-1 Derby County

Jansen 73 Curcic 80 Bohinen 85 Marcus Bent 90

Palace: Miller, Edworthy, Gordon, Curcic, Shipperley, Padovano (Lombardo, 71), Brolin, Rodger, Smith, Ismael, Jansen (Marcus Bent, 83)

Subs not used: Dyer, Nash, Hreidarsson

Derby: Poom, Rowett, Powell, Stimac, van der Laan (Baiano, 58), Wanchope, Delap (Hunt, 77), Bohinen, Carsley, Dailly, Burton (Sturridge, 79)

Subs not used: Kozluk, Knight

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